Genesis 23:5

5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Genesis 23:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 23:5

And the children of Heth answered Abraham
In a very civil and respectful manner: saying unto him,
as follows:

Genesis 23:5 In-Context

3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
6 Hear us, my lord; thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead: none of us will withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
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